Donations for the 2022 Twin Cities Dunkers Fund Drive total $161,350...
cumulative total exceeds one million dollars!

With a record 250 Dunkers members and their guests in attendance, 2022 donations by Twin Cities Dunkers to the 14 Twin Cities high school athletic programs reached $161,350. That means the cumulative total since the program started in 2011 is now at $1,107,588!

This is the second year that one of the local sports teams hosted the event.  This year the event was hosted by the Minnesota Vikings along with AMS Global and the Minnesota Sports Authority Facilities and was attended by a record 250 Dunkers at the Delta Club in U. S. Bank Stadium. Last year it was the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. The dinner as on April 17, 2022.

The evening’s program, MC’d by Dave Mona, included, along with dinner and drinks, welcoming remarks by Vikings president and Dunker member Andrew Miller, a silent auction, remarks by Minneapolis Hockey high school team coach Joe Dziedzic, and a robust live auction with auctioneer Glen Fladeboe. The program’s special guest this year was legendary Minnesota Vikings head coach Bud Grant in a “talking football” conversation with  Mark Rosen.

The Dunkers Fund is a program that started in 1997 as a program to provide a couple scholarships to a few deserving students. In 2011 it transitioned into a program that, as of 2022, provided $1,107,588 in financial assistance to the 14 Twin Cities high schools to help them purchase much needed athletic uniforms and equipment.